Everyone needs a superhero and I’ve got two. Their superpowers include being able to swing in the tire swing for a really long time without getting sick or dizzy.
Kyla taught Piper how to not sit on her cape so that it would flap in the wind. Yep, that’s the sort of invaluable information only big sisters can impart.
It’s a bit unfocused, but Kyla was proud of the food portrait of Daddy she created out of salmon and fruit. The bread is his mohawk.
My blessed, beloved parents took the girls for several days and we met at a favorite kid park to get them and have a family picnic.
In addition to a real (cement) dragon and castle, there’s lots of different climbing walls. swings, and play structures. Here’s the first that Kyla found.
There’s a small, contained forest with lots of adventure opportunities. And buried treasure, if you’ll believe the tales of a four-year-old. All the kids loved the several logs to balance on, Wesley included. He didn’t get a picture, though, as he still needs to hold Mama’s hands to balance.
I like this picture because it shows Kyla’s “friendly sword” (her term), the sword fern that she used before she got a stick sword.
Wesley was all over everything, so I waited until he was still and ground-level before snapping his picture.
Piper was happy to be back in Mama’s arms. Mama’s arms were glad to have her back!
Jevan was over this afternoon and he was chosen to read bedtime stories. I love how the girls are as close as sleeping ferrets in this picture.
Jevan is more than just an arm to hold up Kyla at story time. He also, with a surprising amount of success, held Wesley a lot this afternoon. Left ear infection + Right ear infection + a bronchial infection of some sort (nebulizer, inhaler, and steroid) = a sick and fussy Wesley. He made not be smiling in this picture, but neither is he crying and reaching out desperately for Mama, which means he is about as content as he can be right now.
Kyla decided her outfit wouldn’t be complete without my pajama bottoms. Those PJs never seemed so…expansive before. In true Kyla fashion, she is wearing them backwards.
Piper just likes layers.
Brian and Sandi had the wedding they dreamed of. It was beautiful, meaningful, and fun. And look at the bride!
Such a lovely couple!
Heidi and Sam had a 2 1/2 year old girl to chase around, too, so we were kindred spirits this weekend.
The bridesmaids were gorgeous in their black dresses. And the sashes were an excellent addition! (I made the sashes and used the leftovers to redo the flower girl dresses.)
And look who has his mohawk back!
Oh, What a circus,
Oh, What a show!
I need to give you a little context for this picture. For us, the wedding was from Thursday through Sunday. Brian had his bachelor party on Thursday night, so the guys met to pick up their tuxes and then go out for a steak dinner. I had the three kids in a hotel room and I was, frankly, a bit tired from the packing up and driving down. [Generally, the trip to Oregon is about 3.5 hours. With last minute packing “crises”, potty breaks, lunch and park breaks, we didn’t get to the hotel until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. We started loading the kids in the care before 10am.]
Anyway, I loaded our stroller and took the kids to another park that evening and then got Chinese for dinner to eat back at our hotel. At the best of times, Wesley is not the most cooperative “sitter” at a table.
I call this trilogy Mama Surrenders.
Wesley’s Webster:
Da—Ball
Ma—My/Mine
When I look back at this picture in ten, twenty years, I KNOW he is saying ma da!
He, er, says it rather often.
Because I was smart enough to get this man for my children’s father. I rock.
Love ya, Babe!
